Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA/KDCA) is in Washington, US, 5 m above sea level. It has 3 runways and the longest is 2,185 m. See the diagram, each runway's data and what you fly over from here.

The diagram

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Drawn to scale from the real coordinates of each runway end. Runways without coordinates are not drawn.

Data

Codes
DCA · KDCA
City
Washington
Country
US
Coordinates
38.8521, -77.0377
Elevation
5 m · 15 ft
Time zone
America/New_York
Local time now
10:26
Airspace
Washington
Departures observed
822 · 813 arrivals
Most seen destinations
BOS, ORD, ATL, MCO, LGA

Departures and arrivals we saw ourselves on adsb.lol traces over 2 day(s). A floor, not the total number of movements: where no receiver is nearby, nothing is seen.

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That day’s flights

What we saw take off and land on 2026-09-03, in local time here. This is not an arrivals board: it does not say what leaves today, it says what flew that day and only what the receivers managed to see.

Took off (40)

TimeCallsignAircraftTo
20:00RPA9931E75L · N417YXRDU
20:02JIA5148CRJ9 · N608NNMGM
20:08RPA4367E75L · N130HQBNA
20:10RPA9939E75L · N128HQCHO
20:12ENY4014—RDU
20:14JIA5509CRJ7 · N522AEORF
20:17GJS4442CRJ7 · N535GJ0NJ8
20:19SWA1402B737 · N462WNLAS
20:21RPA5689E75L · N216JQBOS
20:23JBU1579BCS3 · N3269JFLL
20:26JBU2954BCS3 · N3157JBOS
20:28SWA2443B737 · N944WNMCI
20:30JIA5224CRJ7 · N543EATYS
20:31AAL1463A319 · N828AWBOS
20:37AAL3198A320 · N103USCLT
20:39UAL2218A319 · N883UAORD
20:41JIA5078CRJ7 · N529EATLH
20:43JIA5305CRJ7 · N509AECAK
20:44SWA8203B737 · N900WNCMH
20:48DAL1810A319 · N331NBDTW
20:52SWA1413— · N9019RMDW
20:52SWA2209B38M · N8727MDAL
20:59JIA5212CRJ9 · N632NNATL
21:03AAL1189B738 · N804NNORD
21:06JIA5376CRJ7 · N508AEGRR
21:08AAL1158B738 · N916NNDFW
21:09DAL850A320 · N372NWATL
21:12DAL478A319 · N336NBATL
21:29JIA5284CRJ7 · N502AEDAY
21:29JIA5446CRJ7 · N545PBDTW
21:30JIA5484CRJ7 · N541EATYS
21:33RPA5667E75L · N212JQBNA
21:38AAL1421A319 · N776XFTPA
21:39AAL973A319 · N822AWMIA
21:40JBU1955BCS3 · N3162JBOS
21:41DAL832A320 · N349NWATL
21:43RPA5874E75L · N243JQPSQ
21:45DAL360A320 · N348NWATL
21:47ENY3974E75L · N322RCCAE
21:48AAL861A319 · N745VJJAX

Landed (40)

TimeCallsignAircraftFrom
20:05RPA5699E75L · N244JQK2W5
20:07AAL2884A319 · N725UWMD72
20:09AAL1614A319 · N740UW6VG4
20:11JIA5147CRJ7 · N520DCVA57
20:13RPA4649E75L · N412YXMD22
20:15EDV5310CRJ9 · N137EVAPH
20:16ASA6B738 · N528AS2VA4
20:18DAL325A320 · N363NW89VA
20:20N43RTF2TH · N43RT—
20:22JIA5181CRJ7 · N539EA—
20:25AAL591B38M · N306SW56WV
20:27JIA5411CRJ9 · N562NN97VA
20:29GJS4432CRJ7 · N544GJ2PS0
20:33JIA563TCRJ7 · N540EG—
20:34RPA4793E75L · N438YXK8G6
20:36ENY3974E75L · N322RCUS-0413
20:38AAL667B738 · N978NNWV03
20:40AAL489A320 · N649AWOA14
20:47SWA2595B737 · N7855A—
20:49AAL1153A319 · N774XFSC60
20:51SWA2236B737 · N220WN—
20:56JIA5198CRJ7 · N525AEKEHO
21:00ASA14B738 · N596AS—
21:05AAL1481A319 · N808AWPIT
21:06AAL472B738 · N941ANK1A7
21:09JBU1880— · N3322J—
21:10C6606AS65 · 660677MD
21:11AAL527A320 · N673AWCLT
21:26JIA5667CRJ9 · N577NNYYZ
21:27AAL3207A319 · N9029FUS-12706
21:36UAL1350A319 · N845UA—
21:39RPA4736E75L · N125HQLGA
21:43SWA2974B38M · N9012J1LL5
21:44AAL1004A319 · N708UWBOS
21:46RPA5666E75L · N209JQBOS
21:48RPA4473E75L · N432YXLGA
21:49JBU1348A321 · N907JB—
21:50JIA5623CRJ7 · N512AE—
21:52RPA4593E75L · N108HQIND
21:53AAL2225A319 · N749US—

The callsign is what the aircraft transmits by radio. It usually matches the commercial flight number, but not always: sometimes it is the registration.

Showing the first 40 in each direction.

Runways (3)

RunwayLength SurfaceHeadings
01/192,185 m · 7,169 ftasphalt356° · 176°
15/331,586 m · 5,204 ftasphalt143° · 323°
04/221,524 m · 5,000 ftasphalt26° · 206°

An asterisk marks a heading derived from the runway number rather than measured. The number is a magnetic heading and the measured one is true: the derived value carries the local magnetic declination, up to 20 degrees.

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